Synodic month length 29.6 days

Length of current 402 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes shorter than next lunation 403 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 46 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 17 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 14 July 2032 Wednesday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠140.6°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠140.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠166.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon after apogee

3 days after point of apogee on 11 July 2032 at 07:50 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 July 2032 at 18:45 in ♒ Aquarius.

Distance to Moon 399 873 km

Moon before ascending node

12 days after its descending node on 2 July 2032 at 05:24 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 July 2032 at 18:15 in ♎ Libra.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

8 days after previous North standstill on 5 July 2032 at 14:56 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.659°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.579° in the next southern standstill on 20 July 2032 at 03:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.